In an out-of-left-field collaboration, Square Enix is teaming up with Filipino fast food chain Jollibee to convey Ultimate Fantasy XIV content material to the sport and, nicely, to actual life, too!
Through the newest Reside Letter from the Producer detailing the upcoming Patch 7.5, FFXIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida revealed the partnership and what precisely you will get from it. Whereas you will get the six-piece chickenjoy or combo meal within the specifically made FFXIV-themed field, the brand-new merchandise is the blue raspberry drink with clear boba. There’s additionally a limited-time FFXIV x Jollibee attire lineup with t-shirts and sweaters. Nevertheless, the massive ticket merchandise is a brand new, unique in-game emote known as “Eat Chicken” the place your character will whip out a bucket of hen and begin consuming.
The collaboration begins on April 21 and will run via Could 31. Moreover, the Anaheim, CA location close to FFXIV Fan Fest (taking place on April 24 and 25) might be embellished as a popup occasion throughout this era with unique stickers to provide away. Beneath are all the main points on learn how to take part.
How you can Get the FFXIV Eat Chicken Emote
To get the Eat Chicken emote, you could both buy a qualifying meal (the collaboration meal, to be precise) at a taking part Jollibee location within the US or Canada or buy one of many clothes objects from Complicated (when it goes dwell), then and submit your order data on the Jollibee redemption page. It’s going to then be validated and an merchandise code for the emote might be emailed to you, which you then punch into your account through the Mog Station.
Limited-Time FFXIV x Jollibee Merch
Yoshida, together with FFXIV composer Masayoshi Soken and group supervisor Toshio Murouchi, confirmed off the shirts and sweaters from the collab on stream. There is a crew neck sweater and a t-shirt with the Jollibee mascot driving a chocobo, together with a hooded sweatshirt and t-shirt with Moogles consuming varied Jollibee meals objects. The again of every of those additionally include the sensible phrases of Hydaelyn herself: “Hear…really feel…suppose…Jollibee.” These might be bought on Complicated.com.
What’s New on the Jollibee Menu
There are two FFXIV-themed meals. One is a field meal that features a hen sandwich (authentic or spicy), common fries, a peach mango pie, a one-piece Chickenjoy with a facet of gravy, and the blue raspberry aether drink with crystal boba (or pineapple quencher for Canada). The opposite is a six-piece Chickenjoy that additionally comes with three of the aforementioned drinks. Once more, the one new merchandise is the blue raspberry boba drink (which mimics the look of FFXIV’s aetherytes), however these are the qualifying meals to get the emote.
The hen bucket and meal field additionally function distinctive paintings, and even have the disclaimer: “No chocobos have been harmed within the making of this meal.” Nicely, that is good to know contemplating the field options treasured child Alpha holding a drumstick.
Personally, I am hyped for the crossover rising up as a Filipino child hitting up my native Jollibee in Nationwide Metropolis and as somebody who has proclaimed FFXIV as his favourite recreation of all time. It is fairly loopy screaming “Uy, Philippines!” clapping my fingers watching and protecting a Reside Letter. Talking of which, I’ve all the main points you want on FFXIV Patch 7.5 which fits dwell on April 28. Shortly earlier than that, I will be at FFXIV Fan Fest protecting the finalized particulars for the patch and the anticipated reveal of the subsequent growth.
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